Harriet Alexander
7:35 AM
Nicolas Ferrier barely gave the blue seat a second glance. As he carried out his daily patrol of the wild shores of Reunion, picking up debris from the jet black sands and giant boulders, it seemed to him like just another piece of rubbish – a bus seat, perhaps, or a hang glider's chair.

Ruth Pollard
11:32 PM
An Egyptian court has adjourned until August 29 the verdict in the case against three Al-Jazeera journalists, including Australian Peter Greste, prolonging the fear and uncertainty for the reporters and their families.

Colin Cosier, Georgina Mitchell, Lindsay Murdoch
11:12 PM
The door of a plane has reportedly washed up on the same island where part of a wing, suspected to be wreckage from missing flight MH370, was discovered this week.